Stephen Samuel Stratton

Stephen Samuel Stratton (19 December 1840 – 25 June 1906) was an English music critic, organist and author.

Life

He was born in London on 19 December 1840. He was a chorister at St. Mary's Church, Ealing and studied music under Charles Lucas.^[1]

He arrived in Birmingham in 1866 and became music critic to the Birmingham Post in 1877, holding the post until his death.^[2] He was also a frequent contributor to the London Musical Press. He was the joint author with James Duff Brown of British Musical Biography published in 1897.^[1]

Appointments

Organist of St. Mary the Virgin, Soho, London
Organist of St. James' Church, Friern Barnet
Organist of St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1867 - 1875
Organist of St. John's Church, Harborne 1875 - 1878
Organist of the Church of the Saviour, Birmingham 1878 - 1882

Publications

Stratton, Stephen S. (1882–1883). "Woman in Relation to Musical Art". Proceedings of the Musical Association. 9th Sess: 115–146. JSTOR 765220.
British Musical Biography, with James Duff Brown
The Life of Mendelssohn
Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work

References

^ ^a ^b Who's who in music, Henry Saxe Wyndham, 1915
^ "Obituary: Stephen Samuel Stratton". The Musical Times. 47 (761): 482. 1 July 1906. JSTOR 904234.